Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber and Silk-blend and Other Non-Cotton Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made

Fiber and Silk-blend and Other Non-Cotton Vegetable Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

November 1, 1994.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of these

limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards

of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6703. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended;

section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.

1854).

The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing, carryover and carryforward.

A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories

with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal

Register notice 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993). Also see

59 FR 3847, published on January 27, 1994.

The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken

pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of

the Memorandum of Understanding dated January 17, 1994, but are

designed to assist only in the implementation of certain of its

provisions.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 1, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on January 24, 1994, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber,

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in the People's Republic of China and exported during

the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1994 and extends

through December 31, 1994.

Effective on November 2, 1994, you are directed to amend further

the directive dated January 24, 1994 to adjust the limits for the

following categories, as provided under the terms of the Memorandum

of Understanding dated January 17, 1994 between the Governments of

the United States and the People's Republic of China:

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Category Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\

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Sublevels in Group I

200................................ 648,992 kilograms.

218................................ 11,087,152 square meters.

219................................ 2,189,447 square meters.

237................................ 1,693,600 dozen.

300/301............................ 3,664,235 kilograms.

331................................ 4,955,245 dozen pairs.

333................................ 87,221 dozen.

341................................ 651,920 dozen of which not more

than 385,749 shall be in Category

341-Y\2\.

342................................ 256,196 dozen.

345................................ 134,136 dozen.

351................................ 495,835 dozen.

359-C\3\........................... 569,748 kilograms.

360................................ 6,764,306 numbers of which not more

than 4,844,606 numbers shall be in

Category 360-P\4\.

369-H\5\........................... 4,493,006 kilograms.

369-L\6\........................... 2,952,449 kilograms.

410................................ 1,958,533 square meters of which

not more than 1,569,975 square

meters shall be in Category 410-

A\7\ and not more than 1,569,975

square meters shall be in Category

410-B\8\.

433................................ 23,048 dozen.

434................................ 13,777 dozen.

436................................ 15,891 dozen.

438................................ 27,551 dozen.

442................................ 41,810 dozen.

444................................ 210,655 numbers.

445/446............................ 306,474 dozen.

447................................ 80,357 dozen.

448................................ 22,589 dozen.

607................................ 360,955 kilograms.

631................................ 1,203,625 dozen pairs.

638/639............................ 2,504,056 dozen.

641................................ 1,306,759 dozen.

642................................ 314,758 dozen.

643................................ 508,623 numbers.

645/646............................ 882,227 dozen.

650................................ 109,052 dozen.

652................................ 2,227,631 dozen.

659-C\9\........................... 382,228 kilograms.

659-H\10\.......................... 2,694,988 kilograms.

659-S\11\.......................... 563,376 kilograms.

670-L\12\.......................... 15,496,354 kilograms.

833................................ 25,077 dozen.

842................................ 250,768 dozen.

846................................ 165,545 dozen.

Level not in a group

369-S\13\.......................... 619,880 kilograms.

863-S\14\.......................... 8,617,258 numbers.

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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported

after December 31, 1993.

\2\Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010 and

6206.30.3030.

\3\Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.3034,

6104.62.1020, 6104.69.3010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,

6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010.

\4\Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.1010, 6302.21.1020,

6302.21.2010, 6302.21.2020, 6302.31.1010, 6302.31.1020, 6302.31.2010

and 6302.31.2020.

\5\Category 369-H: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500 and

4202.22.8030.

\6\Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,

4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6000.

\7\Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,

5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,

5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,

5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,

5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010,

5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,

5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510,

5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,

5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.

\8\Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,

5112.11.2030, 5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030,

5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050, 5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000,

5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020,

5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020,

5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,

5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520,

5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,

5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and

5516.34.0520.

\9\Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,

6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.3038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,

6104.69.1000, 6104.69.3014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,

6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,

6210.10.4015, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and 6211.43.0010.

\10\Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,

6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090.

\11\Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,

6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,

6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.

\12\Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025.

\13\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

\14\Category 863-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2015.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 94-27551 Filed 11-4-94; 8:45 am]

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